Castle Vale F.C.

Castle Vale F.C.

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Premier Division, 5th
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Castle Vale F.C. are a football club based in the Castle Vale area of Birmingham, England. The club was previously known as King's Heath and Castle Vale King's Heath before adopting its present name in 2005. Currently the team are members of the Midland Combination Premier Division.

History

The club was originally founded in 1964 as the pub team of the Horseshoe pub in the King's Heath area of Birmingham. The team played in the South Birmingham League and Mercian League for a number of years. In 1977 they changed their name to Kings Heath F.C. and joined the Midland Football Combination, initially in Division Two, and in 1982–83 were promoted to the top division, which was renamed the Premier Division in the same year. [fchd|name=Kings Heath|id=KINGSHEA]

By this stage the club, although still named Kings Heath, was based at The Glen in Solihull but were forced to leave the ground when, midway through an extensive programme of ground improvements, their financial backer abruptly pulled out, leaving them unable to complete the work. The team was able to groundshare with Knowle and later Shirley Town but the facilities at these grounds did not meet Premier Division requirements, forcing the club to step down to Division One. In the 1992–93 season Kings Heath finished as runners-up in Division One and were able to step back up to the Premier Division, having helped Shirley Town to get their ground up to the required standard. In 1999-00 they achieved their best ever finish when they came second in the Premier Division.

They moved on to groundshare with first Alvechurch before moving into Vale Stadium, the former home of the defunct Paget Rangers in Castle Vale. They accordingly changed their name to Castle Vale Kings Heath, although they were usually known as Castle Vale KH. [fchd|name=Castle Vale KH|id=CASTLVKH] In 2005 they dropped their last link to Kings Heath when they changed their name to simply Castle Vale F.C.fchd|name=Castle Vale|id=CASTLEV] The club remains in the Midland Combination Premier Division and achieved a second runners-up finish in the 2006-07 season.

Club records

*Best league performance: 2nd in Midland Combination Premier Division, 1999-00, 2006-07
*Best FA Cup performance: Preliminary Round 2007-2008
*Best FA Vase performance: 3rd round proper, 2006-07

References

External links

* [http://www.castlevalefc.com/ Club website]


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